I’m sure readers will forgive the repetition. Or rather, if the repetition is upsetting to you, you ought to direct your anger at those who keep committing the same atrocities over and over.
So, in Gaza, the United Nations reports that in the past ten days Israel has flattened 100 homes in Gaza, rendering 1100 more people homeless, bringing the total of Palestinians made homeless in Gaza over 17,000 since 2000.
In the process of destroying houses, Israel felt the need to murder Nahed Abu Haddaf, 22 years old, who died of multiple gunshot wounds in Gaza. The Israeli Army also shot 19 year old Fadi Bahar in the head in Jerusalem.
In other news, the abuse of Palestinian children in Israeli prisons, well-documented in the book Stolen Youth by Defense of Children International, has made Ha’aretz.
